The Graduate School of Life Sciences offers multiple PhD fellowships. These fellowships include financial support as well as a budget for travel costs, consumables and similar expenses. The application process for the GSLS Fellowships consists of two stages, starting with a screening of all applications submitted followed by interviews (either personal or through video chat, depending on the location of the applicant).

Please only submit your application via our dedicated application platform and please follow the guidelines at the bottom of this page.

GSLS Fellowships 2017 - Details

Timeline:

Late July 2016: Application for the next round of fellowships opens

25th September 2016: Deadline for applications. Screening begins.

Late October 2016: Invitations for the interview stage are sent out

30th November - 2nd December 2016 Video interviews for international applicants

5 - 6th December 2016: Live interviews for applicants who can join us at the University of Würzburg

1st January - 30th June 2017: Fellows join the GSLS and begin to pursue their PhD project

an excellent university degree obtained in a life sciences subject withinthe last two years, usually an M.Sc. or Diploma; if graduation is expected by January 2017 at the latest you may apply

proven excellent oral and written English proficiency (this will also be assessed during interview) and willingness to learn basic German (training provided)

eagerness to work in an interdisciplinary and international environment

Application process

Application for the GSLS fellowships works as follows:

1. Current status: Please note that the application platform for the GSLS fellowships 2017 is closed.

2. Notification for applicants about whether or not you are invited for an interview will be sent out by the end of October 2016.

3. Do not ask your referees to send letters right now. Only ask your referees AFTER a notification that you were invited for an interview AND wait for our instructions. In this way we avoid hundreds of letters that are written in vain.

4. Selected applicants from Europe (or travelling in Europe at that time) will be invited for an interview in Würzburg in November/December 2016 (travel subsidies available). International applicants from outside Europe will be interviewed by video conferencing.